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UNHRC Chairman: UN unbalanced towards Israel - 'Chairman of UN Human Rights Council Doru Costea says body was concentrating too much on human rights violations by Israel. 'Council must look at the stance of all sides, not only one country,' he states...'
Strikes me as similar to the captain of the Titanic observing things aren't going well half-an-hour or more after they've hit the iceberg. I mean, well and good, certainly, but the UNHRC is effectively mortally wounded and has been for a protracted period of time now.
I.e. this is like a doctor attending a funeral and suggesting the prognosis isn't so good.
Strikes me as similar to the captain of the Titanic observing things aren't going well half-an-hour or more after they've hit the iceberg. I mean, well and good, certainly, but the UNHRC is effectively mortally wounded and has been for a protracted period of time now.
I.e. this is like a doctor attending a funeral and suggesting the prognosis isn't so good.
Anne Bayefsky